#5BBCA3#5BBCA3

#5BBCA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCA3
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 163)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -34.70, 3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 34.92, 173.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.099 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.1 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9056, 40.8324, 41.0014)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCA3 #BC5B74

analogous

#5BBC73 #5BBCA3 #5BA5BC

triadic

#5BBCA3 #A35BBC #BCA35B

tetradic

#5BBCA3 #735BBC #BC5B74 #A5BC5B

square

#5BBCA3 #735BBC #BC5B74 #A5BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCA3 #BC5BA5 #BC735B

monochromatic

#2D6F5E #3F9B83 #5BBCA3 #86CEBB #B2E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5BBCA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#5BBCA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCA3

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCA3	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0be',
    500: '#5bbca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbca3;
$custom-light: #91d0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.536,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72932,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCA3

secondary

#CEA5AF

accent

#5676D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCA3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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